.not()

Syntax

.not(selector): selector: A string containing a selector expression to match elements against
.not(elements): elements: One or more DOM elements to remove from the matched set
.not(function): function: A function used as a test for each element in the set

Return value

The new jQuery object.

Description

Remove elements from the set of matched elements.

Examples

Not ID

 
<html>
  <head>
    <script src="http://java2s.com/Book/JavaScriptDemo/jQuery/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){
           $("p").not("#blue").css("border-color", "red");
        });
    </script>
      <style>
  p { width:60px; height:60px; margin:10px; float:left;
        background:yellow; border:2px solid white; }
  </style>

  </head>
  <body>
    <body>
       <p>asdf</p>
      <p id="blue">asdf</p>
      <p class="green">asdf</p>
      <p class="gray">asdf</p>

  </body>
</html>

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Not class

 
<html>
  <head>
    <script src="http://java2s.com/Book/JavaScriptDemo/jQuery/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){
           $("p").not(".green").css("border-color", "red");


        });
    </script>
      <style>
  p { width:60px; height:60px; margin:10px; float:left;
        background:yellow; border:2px solid white; }
  </style>

  </head>
  <body>
    <body>
       <p>asdf</p>
      <p id="blue">asdf</p>
      <p class="green">asdf</p>
      <p class="gray">asdf</p>

  </body>
</html>

Click to view the demo